Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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The documents that accompany screw-cap and wide-neck casks
(drums), and which contain information, intended for the
customer, about the contents of the drums or casks as well as
delivery instructions, are preferably attached to the top of the
cask or to the removeable cover. Brief information is attached
directly to the cover of the cask by means of adhesive labels. A
number of accompanying documents can be contained in a plastic
envelope, which is then attached to the cover. In the case of
wide-neck casks, it is possible to pack the accompanying
documentation in the cask itself, when it is expedient that such
documents be attached, with or without an envelope, to the inside
of the cover. In addition, it is also possible to attach the
accompanying documentation to the outer casing of the cask by
means of a shrink wrap.
These known methods for attaching the accompanying documentation
to the cask and for packing the accompanying papers inside the
cask itself are unsatisfactory. Adhesive labels can be destroyed
during transportation, so that the information that is printed on
these, and which concerns the contents of the cask becomes
difficult to read or even illegible, and envelopes that contain
the accompanying documentation and which are attached to the
cover can be lost. The attachment of accompanying documentation
to the inside of a cover for wide-neck casks means that the cask
has to be opened if one wishes to see the accompanying documents.
This is inconvenient if the contents of the cask are only to be
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used at a later tlme. In addltlon, there ls a rlsk that the
accompanylng documents can be damaged by llquld contents,
partlcularly by aggresslve llquld contents. If the
accompanylng documents are attached to the caslng of the cask
by means of a shrlnk wrap, the papers can be lost lf this foll
wrap ls torn off the cask durlng transportatlon. In addltlon,
the use of shrlnk wrap folls means that the manufacturer of
the contents has to have the machlnery approprlate to the
shrlnklng process, and lt also makes recondltlonlng the casks
more expenslve because of the requlred removal of damaged foll
from the caslng of the cask. A further lncrease ln the cost
of recondltlonlng plastlc casks ls brought about by the
removal of advertlslng materlal when the contents of the
fllled cask are changed and lf re-condltloned casks are used
by dlfferent manufacturlng companles.
The present lnventlon alms to develop a plastlc cover for
blow-moulded screw cap and wlde-neck casks, whlch provldes for
the safeguardlng of accompanylng documentatlon and advertlslng
materlal of all klnds.
Accordlng to the present lnventlon, there ls provlded a
plastlc cover for plastlc screw-cap casks and wlde-neck casks
comprlslng a cask cover havlng an upstandlng perlpheral rlm
and a flat storage chamber centrally arranged on an outer slde
of the cask cover and surrounded by sald rlm sald storage
chamber havlng a wall that ls formed on the outer slde of the
cask cover, a removable cover for sald storage chamber and a
dummy bung located centrally on the outslde of sald cask cover
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for centerlng and supporting said removable cover.
The storage chamber that is integrated into the cover of the
cask ensures the safekeeping of documentation of all klnds,
such as product descriptions, delivery lnstructions, schedules
coverlng the use of the cask, informatlon regardlng re-
condltlonlng the cask, envlronmental lnformatlon and
advertising material that accompanies the goods. In addition,
the chamber can be used to accommodate a liner of plastlc film
that ls installed within the cask prior to filling when
products such as dispersions, e.g., dyes, which pose problems
with regard to their disposal, are transported and stored.
Finally, the storage chamber can be used to hold a small
quantity of a substance that ls mlxed lnto the substance
contalned wlthln the cask ln order to produce a multi-
component substance.
The present invention wlth additional advantages is descrlbed
ln greater detall below on the basis of a screw-cap cover and
a cover for a wide-neck cask that are shown in the drawings
appended hereto. These drawlngs show the following:
Flgure 1: a plan view of a cover for a screw-cap cask;
Figure 2: a longitudlnal section through the cover portlon of
the screw-cap cask as shown in Figure 1 and the
bottom portlon of a screw-cap cask that ls stacked
onto thls, at larger scale;
Figure 3: a detail of the cover for a screw-cap cask as in
section III of Figure 2, at larger scale;
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igure 4: a removable cover for a wide-neck cask, in cross
section.
The screw-cap cask cover 1 that is of injection-moulded plastic,
shown in figures 1 to 3, incorporates two diametrically opposed
one-piece fillers 2, 3 that are designed for use with screw caps
and form openings 4, 6 that are closed off with appropriate
screw-type stoppers. The cover 1, which is welded to the casing
8 of the cask 7 around its periphery, incorporate~ a li~ting and
carrying rim 9 that projects above the fillers 2, 3 and which has
drain openings 10 for rainwater spaced about its periphery.
On the outer side 11 of the cask cover l, within the outline of
the cover, there is a centrally located storage chamber 12 in the
form of a flat cylindrical chamber; this has a wall 13 that is
formed on the outside of the cover, a removeable cover 14, and a
dummy bung 15 that is installed centrally on the cask cover 1 and
is used to centre and support the cover 14 of the chamber. The
cover 14 of the storage chamber 12 of the screw-cap cask 1
finishes flush with the upper edge 16 of the lifting and carrying
rim 9 that is formed on the cover of the cask.
The cover 14 of the storage chamber 12, which is produced as an
injection-moulded plastic part, is in the form of a clamp-on
cover; an annular bead 18 that is formed on the side edge 17 of
the cover snaps over an annular rib 21 that is formed on the
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outer edge 19 of the chamber wall 13 in the area of the opening
20 of the chamber, and engages by means of a stud 23 that i5
formed on the centre of the inner side 22 of the cover and which
engages into a central drilling 24 of a stopper 25 that is
screwed into the dummy bung 15 of the cask cover 1.
The cover 14 of the storage chamber 12 is fitted with a tamper-
proof lock that incorporates one or a plurality of eyelets 26
that are formed on the side edge 17 of the cover 14 and on the
outer periphery of the chamber wall 13, and which are sealed or
wired together.
Unlike the version described hereto, the cover 14 of the storage
chamber 12 can incorporate a tear strip 27.
The cover 14 of the storage chamber 12 offers a surface for the
attachment of descriptive labels. Using one configuration of the
cover 14 as a see-through cover of transparent plastic, it is
possible to look into the storage chamber 12 without removing the
cover 14.
When stacked, a screw-cap cask 7 rests with its bottom 28 on the
lifting and carrying rim 9 and on the cover 14 of the storage
chamber 12 of the cover 1 of the screw-cap cask 7 that is located
beneath it. Because of its footprint area, which has been
enlarged compared to conventional cask covers by the cover 14 of
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the storage chamber 12, a screw-cap cask 7 that is fitted with a
cover 1 that incorporates a storage chamber 12 is distinguished
by greatly improved stackability (stacking safety).
In the event of a pressure build-up within the cask, the cover 1,
which is curved inwards in the manner of a diaphragm in order to
facilitate the removal of residue in the head of the cask 7,
rests through the dummy bung 15 and the wall 13 and the cover 14
of the storage chamber 12, against the bottom 28 of the cask 7
that is stacked above it, so that the cover 1 is not subjected to
any deforming forces that could possibly damage it, and the
interior pressure forces are conducted directly into the cask
casing 8 where they act, in a peripheral direction, as tensile
forces, where they can be compensated in a specific area without
damaging the cask casing.
In the same way as the cask cover 1, the removeable cask cover 29
for a wide-neck cask as in figure 4 incorporates a storage
chamber 12 that is arranged within the cover outline, this
incorporating a cover 14 that finishes flush with the upper edge
30 of the cover.
As a variation of the screw-cap cask cover that has been
described above and is shown in figures 1 to 3, and the cover 29
for wide-neck casks as in figure 4, the cover 14 for the storage
chamber 12 can be in the form of a screw cover, the cover edge 17
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of which, which incorporates an inside thread, being screwed onto
the opening edge of the chamber wall 13 that incorporates a
corresponding outside thread and is screwed into a threaded
centering drilling 24 of a stopper 25 that is screwed into the
dummy bung 15 of the cask cover 1, 29 with a threaded plug 23
that is moulded to the centre of the inside 22 of the cover.
